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Onoe Kikugorō V as the Hag of Asajigahara
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
- Date
- 1890
- Medium
- Color woodblock prints; ōban triptych
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
This image from the play The Lonely House shows a wicked hag preparing to murder a houseguest. She inadvertently kills her own daughter instead and, in shame and deep despair, repents her evil life. She ultimately attains Buddhahood through the grace of a bodhisattva—an enlightened person who delays nirvana to assist others—named Kannon. The flowers and vines in this scene stand out against the eerie deep blackness surrounding the pale-skinned witch. The poem on the print reads, “Through the yūgao vines / A high wind moans; / At the eaves” (translated by Segi Shin’ichi in Yoshitoshi: The Splendid Decadent [1985]).
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